Financial incentives and coverage of child health interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Bassani, Diego G ^a,b   Arora, Paul ^b   Wazny, Kerri ^a   Gaffey, Michelle F ^a,b   Lenters, Lindsey ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84884331409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-S3-S30     Document Type: Review

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